Dates Cake

This cake is a recipe from my mother. She microwave bakes all her cakes, and this is one of her recipes. I used to bake this with her and now decided to try it in an oven. This cake has been loved by friends and family, and prepared quite a few times, my cousins and us helping my mother in the preparation.

Ingredients:
3/4 Cup milk
18-20 dates, de-seeded and chopped to small pieces
1 Cup APF
1 Cup light brown sugar
1 Tsp baking soda
1/2 Cup oil


Preparation:
* Pre-heat oven at 350 F. Grease baking tray.
* Add chopped dates to milk and microwave for 2 mins. This will soften the dates and it is easier to puree. Leave the microwaved dates to cool, and then puree in a blender, with the milk.








* Mix flour, brown sugar and baking soda. To this mixture add oil. The final mixture should have a crumbling consistency.




* Add the flour mixture, a Tbsp at a time to the dates puree.
* Pour the mixture into the baking try.
* Bake for 25-35 mins or until a toothpick or knife inserted comes out clean.
* Cool the cake for 10 mins and enjoy!




Notes:
* You can use 1 egg instead of the oil
* I used 1/2 cup warm water. I don't like to waste, so cleaned out all the dates puree from the blender with this water. I added this water to the mixture.
* Using baking powder is applicable when microwave is used for baking the cake. It does turn out soft. When using microwave bake for about 15 mins.
* If egg is used in the recipe instead of oil, add 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
* You don't need to add color or essence to this cake, since it has brown sugar for the essence-ful taste and dates for color.

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